37 goals in 13 games

Carinthian footballer scores more often than any man

Celine Arthofer is the top scorer in the Women's Carinthian League.(Bild: Kuess)

Carinthia's best goal scorer is a woman: policewoman Celine Arthofer scores an average of three goals per game for Austria Klagenfurt. Her role model is Lionel Messi. But the footballer is also active in winter and has already won three world championship medals on skis!

Wow! Celine Arthofer is currently outperforming every man - at least in Carinthia. Because in the current lower league season, no one has scored more often than the Austria Klagenfurt striker: an impressive 37 goals in 13 games in the Women's Carinthian League. That's an average of 3.08 goals per game - an impressive figure that earns the 26-year-old the imaginary "winter crown" of the lower division's top scorers.

Second place also goes to a woman: Oberglan's Magdalena Moser scored 29 times. This means that two girls are better than the top scorer: Chigbogu Onuh (Moosburg/1st class C) with 25 goals.

Carinthia's top scorers

• 36 goals: Celine Arthofer (Austria Klagenfurt women)
• 29 goals: Magdalena Moser (Oberglan)
• 25 goals: Chigbogu Onuh (Moosburg)
• 24 goals: Julian Glantschnig (Magdalensberg)
• 22 goals: Kevin Vaschauner (Feldkirchen)

I don't just train soccer, I also spend a lot of time on my bike or on the ski slopes - maybe that helps.

Celine ARTHOFER, Austria Klagenfurt

Already World Cup medals in his pocket
Last season, Arthofer scored 17 goals for Violett - so the policewoman is already more than twice as sharp! "I don't just train for soccer, I also do a lot of cycling and skiing - maybe that helps," grins Celine, who as a former ÖSV squad athlete also acted as a guide for the visually impaired para-athlete Elina Stary for several years - and was even able to celebrate a World Championship silver medal and two bronze medals with her in 2021.

With Austria (93:8 goals!), the all-rounder is tied on points with leaders Kraig in second place - the title is clearly the goal. "Relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga would be great - and of course we all want to go up! It's going to be tough, but I'll keep shooting from every position and I won't be too bad for a duel," says Celine, whose great role model is Lionel Messi.